Alopecia is a cause of hair loss and baldness
There are many known causes of hair loss and baldness but the one of the main reason is called alopecia (al-oh-pee-she-uh). It is only called so because majority of its victims are men. Women nonetheless can also suffer from this type of hair loss. ‘Male pattern baldness’ is called androgenic alopecia.
The majority of hair specialists (also called trichologists) agrees and believed that alopecia is an autoimmune disorder. The body's own immune system will attack the follicles on the head.
In reality, alopecia can happen to anyone because it does not recognize age and gender. Its main target usually is the scalp of the head.
Detection of alopecia
Alopecia means ‘fox’ in Greek. Generally, foxes shed their furs twice annually. Similarly, people experiencing alopecia will lose their hair in small circular patches which will grow back only to drop again. This is a symptom in its initial stage of someone suffering from alopecia type of hair loss.
There is also some other ways to detect alopecia. Look out for pointed hair that looks like exclamation marks. The hairs look in such a manner because the follicles are not able to produce thick and strong hair like it used to. Therefore the production of new hair cells becomes thinner.
Another very common method used by hair specialists to determine this condition is to slowly pull hairs around the patches on the head. Normally, no hair should fall from this action because the hairs are healthy and the follicle is still thick. With alopecia, it is easier to pull the hairs out from its bulb as the follicle gets thinner. There are also many cases when the scalp gets itchy and turns sore and read. Small little beads or pimples growing around the head are also very common.
Permanent loss of hair
The first stage also called alopecia areata involves the loss of some of the hair from the head. As mentioned before, small patches of hair loss can be expected to happen. This is also when we start to notice the forehead seems to be getting wider and the hairline is consistently receding. The hair follicle grows weaker and thinner. However if treatment is sought during this stage, loss hair can be expected to grow much more quickly then when total loss of head hair happens. This is because the root follicle can still be able to grow back normally.
When this situation worsen and no treatment is sought the second stage happens which involves the loss of all head hair. Usually by this time it is termed as alopecia totalis or more famously called ‘the point of no return’. Nonetheless with the correct treatment and method hair can still grow wherever the follicle still exists.
The most extreme form, alopecia universalis, involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.
There are many known causes of hair loss and baldness but the one of the main reason is called alopecia (al-oh-pee-she-uh). It is only called so because majority of its victims are men. Women nonetheless can also suffer from this type of hair loss. ‘Male pattern baldness’ is called androgenic alopecia.
The majority of hair specialists (also called trichologists) agrees and believed that alopecia is an autoimmune disorder. The body's own immune system will attack the follicles on the head.
In reality, alopecia can happen to anyone because it does not recognize age and gender. Its main target usually is the scalp of the head.
Detection of alopecia
Alopecia means ‘fox’ in Greek. Generally, foxes shed their furs twice annually. Similarly, people experiencing alopecia will lose their hair in small circular patches which will grow back only to drop again. This is a symptom in its initial stage of someone suffering from alopecia type of hair loss.
There is also some other ways to detect alopecia. Look out for pointed hair that looks like exclamation marks. The hairs look in such a manner because the follicles are not able to produce thick and strong hair like it used to. Therefore the production of new hair cells becomes thinner.
Another very common method used by hair specialists to determine this condition is to slowly pull hairs around the patches on the head. Normally, no hair should fall from this action because the hairs are healthy and the follicle is still thick. With alopecia, it is easier to pull the hairs out from its bulb as the follicle gets thinner. There are also many cases when the scalp gets itchy and turns sore and read. Small little beads or pimples growing around the head are also very common.
Permanent loss of hair
The first stage also called alopecia areata involves the loss of some of the hair from the head. As mentioned before, small patches of hair loss can be expected to happen. This is also when we start to notice the forehead seems to be getting wider and the hairline is consistently receding. The hair follicle grows weaker and thinner. However if treatment is sought during this stage, loss hair can be expected to grow much more quickly then when total loss of head hair happens. This is because the root follicle can still be able to grow back normally.
When this situation worsen and no treatment is sought the second stage happens which involves the loss of all head hair. Usually by this time it is termed as alopecia totalis or more famously called ‘the point of no return’. Nonetheless with the correct treatment and method hair can still grow wherever the follicle still exists.
The most extreme form, alopecia universalis, involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.
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